Dragon Head

Dragon Head
First tankōbon volume cover
ドラゴンヘッド
(Doragon Heddo)
Manga
Written byMinetarō Mochizuki
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original run19941999
Volumes10
Live-action film
Directed byGeorge Iida
Produced byTakashi Hirano
Music byMisia
ReleasedAugust 2003

Dragon Head (Japanese: ドラゴンヘッド, Hepburn: Doragon Heddo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetaro Mochizuki. It was published by Kodansha in Weekly Young Magazine from 1994 to 1999 and was collected in ten tankōbon volumes.[1] It was licensed in English by Kodansha USA in 2018.[2]

The series was adapted as a live-action film written and directed by Jôji Iida, released in Japan in August 2003. It starred Satoshi Tsumabuki and Sayaka Kanda.

In 1997, Dragon Head won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for the general category.

  1. ^ ドラゴンヘッド - 映画・映像. Toho (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 20, 2018). "Kodansha USA Lists Dragon Head Manga as Digital Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 20, 2018.